Massachusetts

Elected officials in Massachusetts are reacting to President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants by declaring a national emergency and using military assets. Trump campaigned on a promise of the largest mass deportation in U.S. history, and he says he intends to deliver on it. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who declared a state of emergency...

A large brush fire broke out Monday at Blue Hills Reservation in Milton as dry conditions continue to affect Massachusetts. The Milton Fire Department said it had been fighting a fire near Houghton’s Pond since around 2 p.m. As of 5 p.m., the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation said the fire was about 41 acres, but active, with wind...

New video shows a regional bus crash into a transit depot building in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, last week.

A local couple is reviving a beloved restaurant chain, bringing it back to central Massachusetts.

Massachusetts officials have notified police chiefs that some officers have been getting around parts of their online training. In a letter last week, Municipal Police Training Committee Executive Director Jeff Fanrsworth said officials had learned that some police officers have been “bypassing their TY25 online training by using technologies that override controls meant to prevent fast-forwarding through the training.” Farnsworth...

Massachusetts remains in a drought, and needed rain will arrive later this week. Here’s when.

Boston police are looking for an 84-year-old man who was reported missing Monday. Police say Shoutian Lin was last seen just after 9:30 a.m. on the 300 block of Massachusetts Avenue near Symphony Hall. Lin is described as being an Asian man between 5’4 and 5’6 and about 140 pounds. He often uses a walker, police say. When he was...

A man has pleaded guilty to obstructing the investigation into an arson investigation involving fires believed to have been set by his brother at multiple Boston-area Jewish institutions five years ago, federal prosecutors said Monday.

A very small earthquake was reported in Massachusetts on Monday, according to a local observatory. Lunenberg, near the New Hampshire border, had 1.5 magnitude shaking around 1 p.m., according to the Weston Observatory, which tracks seismic activity through its New England Seismic Network. Typically, earthquakes of 1.5 magnitude are barely felt, if at all, though people on a Facebook page...

An author who researches homicides in Massachusetts says the Karen Read trial exposed something about the state police that she’s suspected for years. Despite Massachusetts State Police’s high homicide solve rate, she says, across the state, murder investigations are susceptible to conflicts of interest and a lack of oversight. We talk to legal experts who weigh in on the system...

We’re tracking rain in the Greater Boston area this week! Southern New England has been plagued with weeks of dry conditions leading to frequent brush fires.

A 56-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by an SUV in Randolph, Massachusetts, on Sunday night. The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said the man was pronounced dead at Milton Hospital after being hit by a vehicle on North Main Street in the area of Gordon Street around 10:30 p.m. The victim’s identity was being withheld pending notification of family members,...

The teacher strike continued Monday in three communities on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Here’s the latest on the ongoing saga.

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A 72-year-old man has been charged with setting multiple brush fires in Attleborough, Massachusetts. And a new, unrelated wildfire was reported in another part of the state overnight.

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A massive fire burned through a vacant mill building in Chelsea, Massachusetts overnight and into Monday morning.

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A large brush fire popped up Sunday and is continuing to burn in Boxford State Forest in northern Massachusetts. The fire was initially about a 25-acre fire when it was first reported around 10 p.m. Sunday, growing to about 220 acres as of 5 p.m. Monday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Fire officials said it is...

A 72-year-old man has been charged with intentionally setting a series of brush fires in Attleborough, Massachusetts, over the past week, police announced Monday. Attleborough police said Gerard Genest, of South Attleborough, was taken into custody without incident on Saturday evening during a traffic stop based on a warrant charging him with setting multiple brush fires. He is believed to...

A former police lieutenant from Winthrop, Massachusetts, who was arrested last year on suspicion of raping a child at his home changed his plea to guilty on Monday. Winthrop Police Lt. James Feeley, 57, entered the plea at a hearing in Suffolk Superior Court and was sentenced to 4-6 years in prison plus five years probation. He will also be...

A fire raged through a huge abandoned mill building along the river in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and investigators are calling it suspicious. Area fire departments worked to get the situation under control amid towering flames coming from the structure. The fire broke out early Monday morning. “I saw huge fire here and I was just like ‘Oh my god!’” said Johnny...

Ride for Your Life participants biked from Cambridge Common to the Massachusetts State house on Beacon Hill to call on state lawmakers to make streets safer across the Bay State.

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